Christopher Cox (writer)

Christopher Cox (August 27, 1949 – September 7, 1990, Manhattan, New York City) was an American writer. His birth name was Ray Cox Jr.

Christopher Cox
Born1949
Died1990
Manhattan, New York, U.S.

Biography

Christopher Cox was born in Gadsden, Alabama. At 16, he worked for conservative Senator John Sparkman as a page, but would later found a local chapter of Students for a Democratic Society at the University of Alabama.[1]

In the 1970s, he moved to Manhattan and pursued a career with the SoHo Weekly News as both a writer and photographer.

Cox, who was gay,[2] is perhaps best known for his collaboration within The Violet Quill.[3] He later went on to become senior editor of Ballantine Books.[4]

He appeared in William Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona, and later directed several plays at the Jean Cocteau Theater, New York City.[1][4]

He died of an AIDS-related infection in 1990.[4] His partner, William Olander, had died of the same disease in 1989.[5]

Works
  • A Key West Companion, 1983
  • Aunt Persian and the Jesus Man, assembled and edited by David Bergman in 1994[1]

References
  1. Encyclopedia of contemporary LGBTQ literature of the United States. Nelson, Emmanuel S. (Emmanuel Sampath), 1954-. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Greenwood Press. 2009. ISBN 9780313348594. OCLC 316146186.CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. Currier, Jameson (May 1, 1994), "No Shrinking Violets", Los Angeles Times, retrieved August 3, 2008
  3. Edmund White, 'EDMUND WHITE', A Boy's Own Story, London:Picador, 1994
  4. Christopher Cox; Editor, 41
  5. "William Olander, 38, Art Curator, Is Dead". The New York Times. Retrieved August 1, 2017.


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